[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE Policy Proposals - September Update

Dear colleagues,

Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in 
the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP).

If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please 
do so on the relevant working group mailing list.

Proposals Open for Discussion:
NEW: 2017-02, "Regular abuse-c Validation"
NEW: 2017-03, "Reducing Initial IPv4 Allocation, Aiming to Preserve a 
Minimum of IPv4 Space for Newcomers"

Proposals Awaiting Input:
2016-04, "IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification"

Proposal Withdrawn:
2017-01, "Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates"

Proposal Overview:

NEW PROPOSAL: 2017-02, "Regular abuse-c Validation"
OVERVIEW:  The goal of this proposal is to give the RIPE NCC a mandate 
to regularly validate "abuse-c:" information and to follow up in cases 
where contact information is found to be invalid.
STATUS: Discussion Phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: Anti-Abuse Working Group: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 6 October 2017
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-02

NEW PROPOSAL: 2017-03, "Reducing Initial IPv4 Allocation, Aiming to 
Preserve a Minimum of IPv4 Space for Newcomers "
OVERVIEW:  The goal of this proposal is to reduce the IPv4 allocations 
made by the RIPE NCC to a /24 (currently a /22) and only to LIRs that 
have not received an IPv4 allocation directly from the RIPE NCC before.
STATUS: Discussion Phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 20 October 2017
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-03


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The following proposal is awaiting input before they can go any further 
in the PDP.

PROPOSAL: 2016-04, "IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification"
OVERVIEW:  The goal of this proposal is to define sub-assignments in 
IPv6 PI assignments as subnets of /64 and shorter.
RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Explains feasibility and possible side effects.
STATUS: Review Phase – Creating impact analysis for new version
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-04

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The following proposal has been withdrawn.

PROPOSAL: 2017-01, "Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aimed to add the requirement that the RIPE NCC 
publish all changes to the holdership of legacy resources in the 
existing transfer statistics.
STATUS: Withdrawn. The proposer didn't see enough community support, 
especially from Legacy Resource Holders as the parties that would be 
most affected.
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-01

The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals

We look forward to your involvement in the PDP.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
RIPE Policy Development Officer
RIPE NCC